San Antonio Spurs top Miami Heat in NBA Finals Game 5

11:20 PM,
Jun. 16, 2013

Miami Heat's Ray Allen (34) tries to shoot against San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, during the second half at Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Sunday in San Antonio. The San Antonio Spurs won 114-104.

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Sam Amick
USA TODAY Sports

SAN ANTONIO - Something had changed about the Manu Ginobili supporters in this town.

The tattooed, middle-aged guy at the bar with the No. 20 jersey spoke about the fallen San Antonio Spurs star as if he was an uncle on life support. His countrymen from Argentina were so concerned, so unaccustomed to seeing him play like this, that they brought a banner to Game 5 of the NBA Finals just to remind him of their support: "We Ginobilieve," it read.